German Tourist missing from Alice Springs

[Warin]

Monika Billen, 62, last seen leaving the Desert Palms Resort on Barrett Drive at 10:30am on January 1.

Possibly gone on a remote walk (at this time of year).
Police have deployed a Remote Piloted Aircraft to popular walking tracks.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-09/ ... h/10702166

Last edited by Warin on Wed 09 Jan, 2019 1:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[CBee]

Bushwalking and climbing in high temps is hard and demanding but definitely doable, given nowadays gear and tech. In NT you can make it as hard as you want, given harsh summers...

[Overlandman]

Sadly an update from ABC

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-16/ ... g/10721000

[Overlandman]

Walking & Exercising in Hot Temperatures

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-20/ ... s/10714576

Underestimating the wrath of the Australian sun and heat can have devastating consequences, a truth laid bare by two recent tragic incidents.

[Overlandman]

ABC update

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-23/ ... g/10737568

[Warin]

Calling for people to carry trackers ... um no.
Her phone, once they got to doing something with it, was adequate, in this instance, to give them enough clues.

Having PLBs avalible would be the next step.